Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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WHEREAS, the City of New Albany has several contracts with Union employees that work for the City.

WHEREAS, those contracts provide for retirement health insurance benefits for those individuals that have completed the necessary longevity requirements of the State's PERF retirement plan.

WHEREAS, non-unionized employees of the City have no health insurance benefits upon retirement, despite their years of service with the City.

WHEREAS, it is inequitable and unfair to treat PERF qualified retired employees differently based solely upon their status as union employees upon retirement with respect to health insurance.

By the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of New Albany and acknowledging the service that certain individuals have provided to the City of New Albany, I direct as follows:

1. Any individual that has worked for the City of New Albany for a minimum of ten (10) years as documented in the Indiana PERF plan shall be entitled to participate in the City's health insurance program as stated in this Executive Order.

a. The minimum ten (10) years service as documented by PERF must be solely with the City of New Albany and not a combination from other PERF qualified governmental agencies.

2. Any individual that meets the longevity requirement at (sic) outlined above shall be entitled to the benefits for Retirees with respect to Health Insurance as defined and explained in the Police Contract Article 15, Section D, with the City (which may be amended from time to time).

3. This Executive Order shall become effective immediately upon signing by the
Chief Executive Officer of the City of New Albany.

Dated: 7/28/11 (handwritten) Yeah, he signed it himself!
Douglas B. England
Mayor, City of New Albany

What? Cheryl Cotner? You can't be serious?? Don't hire another England staff member!! No one wants to see Cheryl Cotner in the administration again. As a Secretary to the Mayor or anywhere in the City. Her snooty attitude will not reflect well on the office of the Mayor!

Everyone knows she doesn't work --but she can go to the mailbox and pick-up mail. But a dog can be trained to do that for a box of treats.

Shane Gibson, Doug England and the new mayor have a lot of explaining to do. I hope Diane Bendetti and Vicki Denhart demand a full investigation take place and I hope that the rest of the council will support them.

I agree. The MINUTE Gahan found out about this, you'd think he'd have been OUTRAGED! I wouldn't have waited until weeks later to do something about it. Rescinding would have been immediate and firm. Period. Has Gahan not got any balls?

What the Bleep! The Mayor's Secretary makes more than the City Planner? This is INSANE! The mayor's assistant should be paid what all other assistants get paid...period! I have two college degrees and work my butt off day and night and probably make half of what Cheryl Cotner is going to be paid. Why does GAHAN need a secretary? It seems the 3rd floor is already overstaffed in the Mayor's office.

any executive has the power to rescind a previous executive order and gahan knows that, he didnt do it because he is in Englands hip pocket and has no balls, he only resinded it because he got caught, he's a chicken shit little twirp with no backbone. I will give him credit though he sure fooled a lot of people to get elected.

The city council needs to launch a formal investigation and have an idependent audit done who knows what other backroom deals are going on on that corrupt third floor

Legal Beagle is right there are more people involved in this than England and Gahan. What did Wisman know and when did she know it, what about Shane Gibson? Oh England said he was advised it was legal but cant remember who told him. Corruption!

When you read the Tribune article then you read yesterday CJ you get that feeling there is more to all of this. I don't know about you all myself as a homeowner I demand answers. I agree with several others on here it's a cover up and we taxpayers deserve better than this Healthgate scam of Doug England.

I always knew Gahan couldn't make good or timely decisions but I am amazed how fast he has crashed and burned. Lies, dirty deals and out and out treachery. He plays naive, says nothing when spoken too and acts like a child when he doesn't get his way. His political appointments are terrible and only serve his needs.

He needs to resign, if he wont start a recall drive on him. He made deals to get elected ever since he ran for city council and he has gotten dirtier every campaign. You wont have any more election victories Gahan, youre finished in this town

Have you ever been where something just didn't feel right or smell right? Did you try to rationalize it, come up with reasons why your gut feeling tells you there is a cover up? That's where I am today. This sickens me. I had such hope of real change for New Albany.

As Sargeant Schultz use to say: "I hear nothing, I see nothing, I know nothing!" or the shortened version "Damn you Doug England, I haven't been in office alittle over 30 days and look at the mess you already got me into!

No wonder Jeff isn't sleeping. Jeff the people you have around you will have to have one eye opened all night.Shane Gibson wrote that order how do you think he is going to advise you. Evidently not right!!!!

Agreed NO one on the City Council should get insurance for the 5 hours worth of work they do a month for the City, if you can even call that work. And most of them can AFFORD their own insurance, cough *Benedetti* cough.

Who is always on here defending Benedetti? So transparent. City council most certainly does not deserve insurance; of course if some members had been voted out the city would be currently saving some $$$. You deserve who you vote for.

Fundamentally Better In order to become fundamentally better, we must not only strive for professionalism in all matters while holding those at the top accountable for their actions: sound familiar Gahan, they are from your campaign web site!

Everybody better start watching the independent Scott Blair He is bragging that he's the banker. That doesn't mean a hill of beans to us Scott.Your bank better not be getting any city business !!!We know how tight you and Jeff are we take on rout we can take you also.

And while were looking at crap online how about Baylor bragging about selling beer tomorrow. If I rember right he only gets to sell beer because of that microbrewer law that Ed Clere championed.Wierd how some people bite the hand that feeds them. How's that 1SI loan helping you out, Rog?

England wanted insurance--gahan finds out he last week in december--the first time he would allow gahan in his office---gahan recinds it.

England renegotiates a multi-million dollar contract with EMC---Gahan is getting rid of them.

England brings in ecotech for sanitation-- Gahan is going to bring sanitation back in house.

Doug wants to spend a fortune on a bicentintial park and put his picture on the cover--Gahan is against most of that.

GIBSON, ROSENBARGER AND CARL ALL GOT DEMOTIONS DENNISON LOST HIS JOB BECAUSE HE MAKES DUMB DECISIONS. ENGLAND WAS AGAINST ALL THAT GAHAN HAS DONE AND YOU SAY HE IS IN HIS BACK POCKET?

YEAH---GAHAN IS IN HIS BACK POCKET.YOU PEOPLE DID NOT GET A JOB AND YOUR COMMENTS ARE WHY.

THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR ANYONE WORKING FOR ME WOULD BE LOYALTY OR THEY ARE GONE.

I DO NOT THINK COUNCIL PERSONS SHOULD HAVE INSURANCE. BUT FOR YOU TO SAY THEY WORK 5 HOURS PER MONTH PROVES YOUR IGNORANCE. MOST COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT IN AT LEAST 20 HOURS PER WEEK ON COUNCIL BUSINESS. NOT ALL OF THEM BUT MOST OF THEM.

OH YEAH, IF I HAD TWO COLLEGE DEGREES AND COULD NOT MAKE MORE THAN A SECRETARY I WOULD GO DOWN AND TAKE A LEAP OFF THE K&I RATHER THAN WASTING THE REST OF MY LIFE.

10:26, what a crock, I know better. Sell your BS to someone else cause I'm not buying it nor is the taxpayers of the City of New Albany. This would have stood and stayed quite if it hadn't of been leaked!!!!!!!

As for as your statement we all wanted jobs from Jeff that is another blant lie.

As far as Matt Denison, then tell me 10:26 why Jeff is telling many and I mean many that he gave Matt a job and he turned it down.

When you lay down with dogs you get fleas so Mr. 10:26 you can peddle your praises for Gahan on another blog cause we got the facts and you don't.

10:26, those are some very harsh comments. To say someone should kill themselves because they can not get the job they deserve is INSANE! Especially on the 3rd floor, it seems like the only ones rewarded are the ones that do next to no work. I have many college educated friends that can not get a job anywhere because the economy is horrible right now. Even if Council Members work 30 hours a week they should not be allowed to get tax paid insurance, if the $12,000 a year salary isn't enough incentive than maybe they should do something else with their lives other than be on city council.

Job they deserve? Look, I agreed that the city council should not have insurance. But your own shortcomings are not related to someone else being able to get a job. Do not whine to me about working below what YOU think is your pay grade. Almost everyone thinks they are worth more. Also a college education does not guarantee a job. Probably 40% of the worforce above manual labor has a degree. These people are NOT in an exclusive club anymore. Make sure your degree is marketable. Masters and beyond are where the jobs are now. A current bachelors degree is what a high school degree was in 1960. Times have changed. Many make poor decisions on college majors and it kills them. Whining about what other people have will not help you

Because our mayor is a straight white male, he has had all of the advantages. Everything has been handed to him and he hasn't had to work for anything. The same goes for Carl, Doug, Rog, John, Stan and Shane. As I have learned from reading NAC, any straight white male should feel guilty and ashamed about his privileged status. Now I'm going to go out and whip myself in front of the courthouse.

Yeah, that crap about Gibson's salary was clearly hidden during the election because I know people tried to find it out and they hid it. Now they're hiding Gibson's current salary and benefits. Wonder why?

Top that off with this question: WHAT OTHER THINGS ARE THEY HIDING THAT ARE EVEN MORE EGREGIOUS? JUST HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE BLOWING ON PAYING LAZY LOSERS' FAMILIES' BENEFITS??? AND HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE GIVING TO THEIR SALARIES? SURELY GIBSON WASN'T THE ONLY ONE, EVEN THOUGH VICKI WAS RIGHT TO PICK HIM. HE'S THE LAZIEST ONE WE EMPLOY. NEED TO GET HIM OUT OF THERE COMPLETELY, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER LOSERS LIKE NASH AND, MOST OF ALL, ROBISON.